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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Willard J. Dodds, West Chester, OH (US);
Paul V. Heberling, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Jack R. Taylor, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ely E. Halila, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A combustor for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal axis therethrough, including an outer liner having a forward end and an aft end, an inner liner having a forward end and an aft end, a first dome formed upstream of the outer liner forward end so as to define a first combustion zone radially oriented to the longitudinal axis, and a dome plate having an outer portion connected to an upstream end of the first dome and an inner portion connected to the inner liner forward end, wherein a second combustion zone is defined by the dome plate, the outer liner, and the inner liner substantially perpendicular to the first combustion zone.